Guild Wars 2

oh my, that is a wonderful idea! <3

You have Personal Story as a Daily Option and more people will have that done than map completion. It is still just one option of atm 11. 3-5 hearts seem ok. Maybe add “Watch X vistas?”

marnick.4305:

I dare you guys to complain about A.net not listening. They just slaughtered 2 economic problems with a very elegant fix.

Exactly! Very nice update. Brilliant idea. I wonder whether John Smith had his hand in this.

Zeivu.3615:

I also hate that we have to compete with others regarding the piñatas. I don’t care if that raises the prices, I don’t want to fight over them. (No, they aren’t instanced. A guy beat one right in front of me and it disappeared)

I’m not sure actually.
I once had someone beat me to it and saw it disappear. So it might also be node stealing.
However on the next one I waited for someone else to go before me and watched him get his and I could still open it. So either one could have been a bug (instant respawn).
Would be HORRIBLE if you had to compete with people over one lousy taffy…
Can someone test and confirm?

There are even more maps. I ran around dredghound cliffs because I happened to be there and noticed projectors. Was about half an hour and that too was overrun. It also has nothing to do with obstacles. It has something to do with the fact that I do not want to actively avoid people! GW2 is about playing together and helping each other and has established that feeling very well. Node steeling facilitates sabotaging others which I dislike. I would play PvP if I wanted that.

Tommyknocker.6089:

“oh god not the princess dolls”

Haha, the memories…

I am sad.
For the first time I am disappointed in an update. And I heartily defended all of the living Story updates. The trailer made me so excited for the event, awesome music, pretty designs. The balance updates brought great stuff (targeting fix yay).
I immediately jumped in to take part.
Let’s draw a resume:
Holografic dragon: awesome
Lions Arch decoration: awesome…. but where is the great happy music to go along? That theme that I had stuck in my head for days? It’s in the login screen (yay) so it is ingame. Bug? Forgotten?
Dragonball: PvP game…. meh, whatever floats your boat. Some like it.
Moa racing: what… can’t do anything, expensive… let’s say has potential for improvements
pinatas: awww cute. and instanced….per character…glad I’m an alt-o-holic then. But until now I was under the opinion that pinatas usually contain more than one piece of candy?
dragon wings: woah neato…wait, the price is WHAT??? that’s a joke, right? dungeon monsters then better drop a ton of this stuff and it better stack much higher than 250
the holographs: The projector design is great, the monsters are ok, dragon minions make sense but I was on maps early. Since then I have learned to actively avoid people. Once a commander pops up on your map: just leave. On starter maps, the mobs will be onehitted and tagging is impossible. On higher maps you better still are faster than others. It’s… not fun.
Jade Weapons: Hm, RNG again. Promised higher drop chance, but tickets still not tradable so no Jade weapons for me, pity. At least the minis are tradable.
Gem Shop items: The RNG was put in, the Minis were forgotten. It probably was a mistake and they will be added soon.

So… I’m sad. Maybe I just had too high expectations, but all the festival offers to me right now is poking pinatas, one taffy at a time….

Oh Josh, please return to us your greatness <3
And bring Bunny minipets this time!

party does nothing. you would have to coordinate people extremely quickly around the map. Until you have everyone there, another zerg has overrun the projector. I hobbled from map to map trying to actively avoid players. sigh at least the pinatas are instanced. that could have gone smoother. I would at least like to hear the great dragon bash music while I run around LA, but someone forgot to put it in.

When I heard the dragon bash theme in the login screen I was excited to run around LA to the upbeat music. Did someone forget to put the track in? The trailer music was so much fun!

Curses! Now I have that stuck in my head AGAIN! XDD

The track that plays while fighting the Eye is The Seraph.
One of my favourite musical pieces in the game <3 Did you mean that one?

A guide to custom playlists:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/audio/A-guide-to-custom-playlists

*excited squee*

Aevic.9675:

I’d like them to not be deposited as a collectible. Instead make a Tab for mini-pets and have us “learn” them. Thus making them account bound and accessible whenever you want. Can’t count how many times I hit “deposit collectibles” to clear my bags only to put my pet away too.

For that I carry my mini-horde around in invisible bags. Is also nice for the assorted items your drag around that your don’t want to accidently sell. It’s a nice investment. Bonus tip: put it in the last bag slot to avoid filling it with trash all the time =3

Well, it depends on which minions one uses. =)

Really? No Necros with minions? I must play on an odd server, as I see them a lot.
Thanks for the tips, though, appreciate it. =)

Indeed it does. Doesn’t help us with the flesh golem since it’s not available under water. It’s a bit mean that we Necros get punished for dipping our toes into water q_q Maybe it’s to discourage us from swimming so as to explain why we produce stink-clouds with almost every skill? XD
Hm, I barely see High lvl Minion masters. Maximum is the Flesh Golem, but since the other Minions still have so many issues, many shy away from them. I respect the players that can make them work.

I agree. Making Minis more user friendly would be an incentive to buying more. They also tend to bug in various ways when I go through Mesmer portals.

@Inculpatus: Your minions will stay when you have the same minions selected in and out of water. However that it puts the summoning skill on cooldown is to me a bug that needs fixing. One of the many bugs that explain why you see almost no Nekros with minions.

The dragons tend to avoid each other, so a fight for territory will not happen.
However, the dragons are not stupid and have very detailed information about Tyria.
It is possible that they get wind of the party mocking them and one simply decides to crash the party to teach us some manners XD

Good Guy GuildWars
Investigates tinfoil hat theories
Compensates customers with Gemshop items for unintended bug

I just used it and was impressed. Didn’t expect that much improvement. Very well done! It even improves harvesting time over the standard sickle. And the animation is now large enough that I see the sprouting vines. Reminded me of the cleansing of the source of Orr

Necromancer – 80
Ranger – 80
Mesmer – 80
Guardian – 80
Elementalist – 61
Warrior – 42
Thief, Engi both below 40

I’ll be interested to see your results.
Would love to hear the official statistics too and how well they fit, since we have sample bias in the forum. If yes, in which direction this sample bias goes.

I thought it was once per day per account?

Since the story quests are instanced you can play together all the way. Just be on the same map, and your friend will still get an invite. After that just finish his quest.

As Keyce said, after the arc the stories converge again to the same quests until you have a choice again. My friend and I deliberately take different paths, so that we can see more story arcs =3

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

Healix.5819:

Dodge the leap, no knockdown.

That’s not true. Every single attack he did caused a knockdown to me. Not just the leap, EVERY attack.

Not every attack, but I agree that he has another knockback aside from the leap. Since I ignore his normal attacks (doesn’t deal damage) he sometimes gets me in the back while disarming mines. But give the guy some slack, you are basically evenly footed: the only thing he can do to damage you is throw you into the mines (and his elite skill where he pops all mines which makes both of you effectively just run around for half a minute waiting for respawn). He’s pretty harmless although he tries so hard. XD

It’s so nice to see someone help others. Good work

I found Canach quite easy. Played it with Mesmer and Necro, both have no stability. I would lie if I said that the knockdown doesn’t annoy me (I don’t like stun and kd as mechanics as it takes away my ability to interact which is the very point of any game) and the Death Shroud dropping the sensor definitely needs fixing. But there are a few lying around and Canach is easy enough. As a hint, when he comes at you, use skill 5 (awkward timing) to pay him back and knock him around.
However I can see that a Guard with stabi would have an even easier time with him. I like the mine mechanics though. At least it’s not mindless Zerg.

I assume you are talking of combinations when comparing two armor pieces? If so, then certainly:
red number with white text means you have the same stat on your armor, but the red version is lower, in the comparing window you have there a green number with white text, meaning the same stat is higher.
Green number with green text means you do not have that stat on your current armor.
example:

armor 1
+2 power
+1 prec

armor 2
+3 power
+2 tough

armor one would be displayed as +2(red) power (white) and +1 (green) precision (green)

Ribos.8350:

clones distracted him fairly well

Yes, I noticed this too. His AI apparently does not suffer from what I like to call ‘clairvoyance bug’ where mobs completely ignore clones and alsways spot the player. Would love to see that implemented into standard PvE so I can use my clones as actual confusion instead of just cannonfodder for shattering.

I think Roberts reaction made it clear enough that it’s an unintended bug. It will probably get patched soon.

I am not colourblind but even to me it’s a huge improvement. Depending on terrain, the red indicators often were very hard to see, now they are much more visible. Have they mixed in some hint of orange as well or am I just imagining this because of background?

I think from Roberts reaction that now it is quite clear that it’s an unintended bug. Hotfix incoming =3

you should check the tax level in comparison to other towns in that case =P

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Consortium-Mining-Sickle
Someone beat you to it =)
Feel free to express your opinion there again. Looking at the hand position and animation, I’m fairly sure it’s an unintended bug.

I’m german so that explanation was very helpful. Thank you so much for clearing that up for me =3 I’ll take your version as cannon.
(can english natives pronounce that particular ch-sound? It’s phonetically quite far)

Robert Hrouda.1327:

hey folks,

our patch notes jumped the gun a bit. Canach instance is NOT the ending of the living story. That will come next week. Stay tuned!

YESSSSS, I expected that. Hoping for Canach’s return on our side =3

Well, how DO you pronounce Canach? I can think of over 10 ways to pronounce it and I am pretty sure the one I use is false. =P Is it really the Cabbage+Spinach version? How is your hometown pronounced, that should be the cannon.

icyblades.1459:

Meluna.1764:

Yes, it must be completely installed for playing. You’ll probably spend the first hour in character creation anyway =D

haha yes i think its true , maybe like if im done with charecter creation and enter the world , i just gonna logout and create another proffesion/race =D.

Welcome to the Alt-o-holics anonymous XD
Also, what maleko said is very well written and I agree with him entirely.

Still think it’s a bug. Will probably get fixed very soon. Look how awkwardly the sickle is positioned during the process, that can’t be intended. I’d rather see the animation to be a bit larger, the well is pretty but barely visible.

I have now P/V/T gear, Berserker weapons and Knight trinkets (precision for crit proc). Have a few weapons lying around (yay for invisible bags), but thanks for thinking I can stick with sceptre/shield.
I plan on going fractals/dungeons, but still need to go slow because the machanics of group play are so different to soloing PvE and I enjoy the support I give to the group.
Your input is very appreciated! Baby guard no longer needs diapers. Now to loose the pacifier XD

Yes, it must be completely installed for playing. You’ll probably spend the first hour in character creation anyway =D

Jzaku.9765:

If you’re downed you are literally providing nothing to your team, this is why there’s this “stigma” associated with it.

Actually, my Necro actually does a lot more damage while in downstate (traited). So yes, I still provide for my team in downstate =P I like the mechanic of not being instant out of fight. Rezzing is part of the game and I agree there should be no stigma attached. It happens!

Joseph Skyrim.2470:

Side notes:
Is there execution in Tyria? If so why is Canach still alive to begin with? Lionguard must be incompetent. Proof: Lionguard people let a random merc do their job, also the lionguard answer to pirates. Lol.

Also ANet, having NPCs converse half voiced (Kiel), while the other it purely text (Canach) is not a good look. Basically I thought to myself you were too cheap and couldn’t hire a voice actor. Feels very incomplete and half-posterior-ed.

He ran after Lost Shores and is still on the run until we capture him. The Lionguard is just the city police of LA. Since LA is run by the Captains Counsel, they answer to that. Canach doesn’t respect their jurisdiction either which is why he slipped off.

Voice over at the end is buggy. I heard Canach but not Kiel. So I still don’t know how he is pronounced XD I expect a hotfix coming in.

Welcome to the game!
Let’s see if I can answer your questions:

1) the one that is most fun to you! Professions can all be specialised in very different ways, so you should just choose the one with the most fun mechanics to you. You have 5 character slots from the start, just test some out that sound interesting to you =)
2) Human, as always =/
3) Lorewise or ingame wise? Lorewise they should be equal, ingame you see more humans.
4) No, we use waypoints for instant travel and there are speedbuffs that let you run faster. We do have Plush backpacks that make you the mount for an adorable plushie though =P
5) 80. Through scaling however the game is much much less focused on endgame and a large amount of content is available to you already at low levels.

I hope that clears some of your questions and that you will stay excited ingame. Don’t hesitate to ask, people are usually very helpful in this game! Have fun =)

Ran with another Baby Guard in Mini fractals (lvl6) yesterday. She in full clerics did indeed complain to have no survivability while I in P/V/T (according to your advice) felt much better. So thank you for guiding me, you were a great help.
Now I just need to figure out my weapons, since I’m really attached to my sceptre/shield combo that I will probably have to switch to staff (short range is short).

Lovely! Thanks for the link =3

Curtis Johnson.8456:

(there aren’t really hundreds of miniature Logan Thackeray’s being born and sold into slavery. )

Did you hear that? It sounded like a thousand fangirls to cry out and be suddenly silenced… XD

How I mine for fish? XD

I agree with you and like your constructive feedback. I liked the Southsun update and especially looked forward to meeting Canach again. The story published was exciting and I felt anxious as I encountered him. The mine-thing is a nice idea and thankfully doesn’t drag on for too long. I expected a longer way though and was surprised when I already immediately met with Canach himself.

I especially liked how the fighting mechanics were explained, so you have to trip him on his own (disabled) mines. It sounds like an interestingly engaged fight. I got excited and tripped almost at once on a mine (I’m stupid XD) and got myself into downstate. I sighed and expected to start over…… and then proceeded to take the menacing villain out while in downstate the whole time. That was…. rather unexpected ( ‘_’)

I’ll definitly repeat Canach this evening and maybe have a look at Null. But now I really feel bad for the Sylvari. He’s quite popular and many would rather join him than the consortium. And now he even failed at being a villain. Give the poor guy a buff. The basic idea of the fight and the mechanics are fine, but you still can zerg him down before he really knows what hit him. I feel like a bully while poking him XD

All in all, I feel I understand what the developers were trying to do. And their heart was in the right palce and there are a lot of good ideas here. I also understand you can’t make it too difficult, less the story becomes unavailable to weaker players. Still hoping for a cooperation with Canach for taking out Consortium officials. And for that, he still needs a good buff. Poor bugger =P

Thank you so much for the hints! I’ll definitely check out the recommended builds. =)
I plan on running dungeons with my guildies. I don’t like PUGs, rather have fun and support my friends
Do you think shield is viable in dungeons? I enjoyed it in open world PvE but it is probably very limited use in dungeons. So melee it is

I have played my Guardian rather ineffectively through PvE to lvl 80. I found her great fun but I don’t want to go into endgame like this, as I don’t want to be a burden to my group. So it is time for Baby Guardian to grow up and get a real build.
I tried to look around between builds but found it hard to differentiate. I enjoy playing sceptre/shield + GS (or staff). Atm I run knight gear but feel I should go more towards healing? What would you as seasoned guard-veterans recommend as builds for these weapons?

Don’t worry. Try the guide @ dulfy.net
The bonfire takes the time you take to move your pixelated behind to one and click on it. =)
The whole Southsun thing is totally doable in 2-3 hours. And it will most likely stay active after the 28th. From the news it sounded as if content would only be added. A few achievements displayed already are not yet attainable. So keep calm and kill Karkas =D

The LS achievements from flame&frost are gone, yes. The bonfire one is still attainable till tuesday. Hurry to get your Southsun achievements, the title is pretty fast doable =3
SAB will return, most likely the achievements will too with added ones for the next lvl.

I use it often for JPs. Note that it is automatically the longest jump distance. It allows you to breach long gaps more easily. Drawbacks: you can’t steer while midair, you might overshoot and if you don’t pull it off, down you go XD